Cyber-crime no less! Under the thumb of Charlize Theron's Cypher, a villain with such an uninspired name and vague motivations of dominance that Theron barely scrapes through her dull monologues to give the character the slightest presence. Naturally, Dom's old team is forced to confront him and stop nukes etc etc.
With such a bloated cast of mediocre actors (as per), Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson butting heads with a delightful Jason Statham due to their prior history is the definite stand-out. Their prison breakout is possibly the most gripping action sequence, whereas the car scenes are mildly underwhelming by this point. F. Gary Gray's direction of these scenes is adequate; he doesn't set himself aside from Justin Lin or James Wan in terms of style or execution - right down to the camera tilts as people get thrown around - but a lack of over-editing is welcome.
Let's see. We've covered acting, direction, action. What's left? Oh yes. The script. Chris bloody Morgan, writer of classics including 47 Ronin, Tokyo Drift and Wanted. It feels like he's picked up a rejected James Bond script, thrown in some vacuous dialogue that states the obvious (example: they're being attacked and Letty says "That's not good") and finished it off with some head-scratching plot holes. Despite being under Cypher's heavy scrutiny, Dom manages to set up a meeting with a powerful new ally. How did he do this when he's been trapped on her super plane? Surely they didn't give him access to Facebook messenger. Let's go the whole hog and through in some cheap plot twists. Sorted.
However, analysing the script of a F&F film is as redundant as writing a critical culinary review of a Pot Noodle. You come for fun action, and it kind of delivers in that department.
TWO STARS. How has this secured the highest opening ever? I hate the general public. Except you dear readers, all ten of you.
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